Zaha Hadid Architects   Azerbaijan   The calligraphy of ramps climbing up the terraces of the park continues in the sinuous folds of a neat envelope, executed with panels of concrete and polyester.

In the local imagination, the modernization of Azerbaijan and its opening to the West is associated with three milestones: in 1996, after independence, the TV tower of Baku, an icon 310 meters tall, was completed; in 2001, the Azerbaijani abandoned t